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Top stories in 90 seconds 25.08.2019 | 01:33 mins.

DW brings you the top international news stories in brief
Zweiter Weltkrieg Befreiung von Paris durch US-Truppen

Remembering the liberation of Paris, 75 years later 25.08.2019

Exactly 75 years ago, French Resistance fighters, US soldiers and others freed Paris from years of Nazi occupation. DW takes a look back at the days that shaped one of the most important moments in World War II.
BdT Deutschland | Dresden Demonstration unteilbar

Dresden demonstration draws tens of thousands 25.08.2019 | 02:14 mins.

With elections coming up, residents of Saxony want to show the world they’re more than their reputation as a hotbed of right-wing movements. Tens of thousands have turned up in Dresden to support them.
BdTD Brasilien Waldbrände im Amazonas

Pressure mounts from all sides in Amazon fires 25.08.2019 | 01:59 mins.

Amid raging wildfires and with the threat of a lost trade deal with the EU, Brazil’s right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, is changing his tune on the Amazon rainforest.
Klimakiller Holzkohle

Charcoal - An Environmental Disaster 25.08.2019 | 42:36 mins.

Huge areas of tropical rainforest are being destroyed to make charcoal for barbecues. The global deforestation is leading to growing problems. Nigeria and the DRC Congo - two of Europe’s main charcoal suppliers - are also affected.

Hong Kong police and protesters clash, ending violence lull 24.08.2019 | 01:36 mins.

Hong Kong protesters threw bricks and gasoline bombs at police, who responded with tear gas, as chaotic scenes returned to the summer-long anti-government protests for the first time in nearly two weeks.

Anti-globalization protests near summit turn violent 24.08.2019 | 01:32 mins.

Before, thousands of anti-globalization activists, Basque separatists and "yellow vest" protesters marched peacefully across France's border with Spain to demand action from G7 leaders meeting in the nearby coastal resort of Biarritz.
Sachsen, Dessau: Gruppenfoto der Bauhausmeister im Jahr 1926

The Bauhaus Story 24.08.2019 | 02:45 mins.

Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus art school in 1919 in Weimar. Its ideas were ground-breaking. Its design and architecture was purist, simple and functional, dispensing with decorative elements. It was radical and visionary.
Sachsen, Dessau: Frau im Klubsessel B3 , 1923

Bauhaus 100 - Legend: Was it a man's world? 24.08.2019 | 07:07 mins.

The Bauhaus produced such superstars of modernism as Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe. Often forgotten were the women behind the Bauhaus’s success: Anni Albers, Ise Gropius and Lilly Reich! A look at the super-women of the 1920s.
Kultur.21-Special Bauhaus | Pressefoto Universität Ile-Ife, Lagos, Nigeria

Bauhaus 100 - Legend: A German idea? 24.08.2019 | 06:29 mins.

The Bauhaus was founded in Weimar and exported all over the world. So, is it a uniquely German idea? No. The art school's students and faculty are international. The "bauhaus imaginista" project is tracing its roots - all the way to Nigeria.
Sachsen, Dessau: Archivbild des Bauhaus von 1935

Bauhaus 100 - Legend: Did 1933 spell the end? 24.08.2019 | 02:32 mins.

In 1933, under pressure from the Nazi regime, the Bauhaus closed. Legend has it the Bauhaus and the Nazis were irreconcilable foes. Were they in reality? Yes and no! It's not an easy topic and, for some of the Bauhaus alumni, nothing to brag about.
Bauhaus Museum in Weimar neu eröffnet

Bauhaus 100 - Legend: Is it passé? 24.08.2019 | 02:45 mins.

The spirit of Bauhaus has passed into history, the visions of early modernism long since faded away. Or have they? Weimar's Bauhaus University is still producing visionary artists, and a museum presents the Bauhaus legacy in a new light.
DW Arts.21 (Sendungslogo Kultur.21 englisch)

Bauhaus 100: What Remains of the Legend? 24.08.2019 | 26:06 mins.

Founded in Weimar a century ago, the legendary Bauhaus art school is world-famous. Arts.21 looks into the Bauhaus’s origins. Was it really a German idea? Who were its secret stars? And how modern are their ideas? Bauhaus legends are put to the test.
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A journey to Antarctica 24.08.2019 | 01:36 mins.

DW viewer Priyansh Lunia from Thailand shares his adventure vacation in the icy Antarctic.

Amazon fires spark urgent calls for action 24.08.2019 | 01:48 mins.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said he’ll send soldiers to help fight the massive fire burning in the Amazon rainforest, while blaming NGOs for setting the fires.
Still DW Reporter | Nick Kedzierski

Chemnitz ahead of State Elections 24.08.2019 | 12:36 mins.

State elections will be held in Saxony on Sept. 1. The right-wing populist AfD party wants to become the strongest political force in the country. Nick Kedzierski, a martial artist from Chemnitz, is undecided who to vote for.